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Numbers 24:10-12
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Numbers 24:10-12
New English Translation
10 Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together.[a] Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless[b] them these three times! 11 So now, go back where you came from![c] I said that I would greatly honor you, but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor.”
12 Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
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- Numbers 24:10 sn This is apparently a sign of contempt or derision (see Job 27:23; and Lam 2:15).
- Numbers 24:10 tn The construction is emphatic, using the infinitive absolute with the perfect tense for “bless.”
- Numbers 24:11 tn Heb “flee to your place.”
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